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[Vaquero]

TGT is my social media.

 

[FireInTheWire]

Axxe55 answered for me perfectly

Instagram...

 

[DCD327]

I only ever opened a facebook cause my boys were overseas, ask me to, , and it was a cheap convenient way to talk to them. Easy to see when they were online and we could talk.
We very rarely ever actually posted anything. But we could load pics in private albums, etc, and view our own stuff easily. But as of last year theyre both back in the states now, we just use cells and facetime.

I went through the whole bullcrap thing with family and friends getting pissed cause i only had 3 friends and would not accept friend request.

It was used for talking to my boys. Thats it.
When they came back in country,

I couldnt close that liberal trash site fast enough.

Gun forums are my social media.

 

[Cobber]

Instagram...

Isn't that part of Zuck's empire though? Leaving FB for FB2...

 

[Texas45]

Never have been and never will be on Farcebook or any other SM.
My SM exposure is three gun and 1 car based forum.

Not interested in any other and have no need to tell the world every time I fart etc.

And with the obvious bias of these sites well its easier to avoid um.


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[kbaxter60]

Deactivated Facebook this morning. Their algorithms control what you see and now with the way they appear to be censoring or “fact checking” it was time to leave. Like others I will use forums like this and Reddit for now.

I nuked FB years ago. This stuff they are doing is not new to them. I killed Twitter yesterday. They were following right where FB left off.

And Parler is a Twitter substitute, not a FB substitute, for the earlier comment/question. It is clunky and rough, but it seems to allow free exchange, which makes it vastly superior to Twitter. MeWe, I tried for a bit, but just could not get into. It turns out that the UI does matter.

I know that some here scoff at users of these media tools. I actually got a fair amount of my news from Twitter. A person needs alternative sources to the mainstream outlets (MAN, have they gotten awful this last week!) I used to hit Drudge Report up daily, but they got something from Satan, it seems.

Party on, fellers. Have what you like; like what you have.

 

[twain55]

The people that are in control of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are despicable in my opinion.

However, I don't feel they have a duty to protect our 1st Amendment anymore than another business owner.

I stopped using Twitter because it's basically a Lefty cesspool orgy.

Facebook can be tolerable if you use it the right way. I use it mainly to share with like-minded close family and friends.

I've "muted", blocked or deleted individuals and groups that post things that irritate me.

 

[FireInTheWire]

Isn't that part of Zuck's empire though? Leaving FB for FB2...

Yup...

 

[Sam7sf]

As others already shared this forum is good. No need to pretend to be something I’m not. I left Facebook back in 08. It’s not healthy to be sharing everything and glued to social media.

 

[Wiliamr]

With Facebook (maybe Fakebook is more accurate) ignoring the 1st amendment, catering to the left and banning the right, they have become too discriminating for me.
I’ve found some Facebook alternatives, such as; MeWe, Mastodon, Diaspora, Minds, and Sociall. Does any TGT members have experience with any of these to recommend?

Again I have to point out something. There is no 1st Amendment regulation of a private company. The 1st Amendment only prevents CONGRESS from , well read the language.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

 

[TX OMFS]

Wasn't on SM until I opened a business. If you want to advertise you go where the people are.

 

[TipBledsoe]

Again I have to point out something. There is no 1st Amendment regulation of a private company. The 1st Amendment only prevents CONGRESS from...

You have completely misunderstood me. All you're doing is grandstanding. I am not saying that Facebook must abide by the 1st amendment. I'm not saying that at all, and I dont think anyone else is either.

What I'm saying is that Facebook is two-faced, hypocritical, and discriminatory. Its okay for liberal members to spout off insanity, But Its not okay for conservative members to voice thier opinion.
I'm saying "what's good for the goose must also be good for the gander."

I'll say it again William, so you maybe understand. I'm not saying Facebook must by law abide by the first amendment. What I AM saying is that it is ethically and morally wrong for Facebook to have a god complex and feel justified in choosing what may be said publicly and what may not be said publicly. Yes Facebook is not a government insitution so they are free to enjoy thier liberties. Just as I am at liberty to delete my Facebook account and boycott anything owned by Mark Zuckerburg.

 

[Wiliamr]

You have completely misunderstood me. All you're doing is grandstanding. I am not saying that Facebook must abide by the 1st amendment. I'm not saying that at all, and I dont think anyone else is either.

What I'm saying is that Facebook is two-faced, hypocritical, and discriminatory. Its okay for liberal members to spout off insanity, But Its not okay for conservative members to voice thier opinion.
I'm saying "what's good for the goose must also be good for the gander."

I'll say it again William, so you maybe understand. I'm not saying Facebook must by law abide by the first amendment. What I AM saying is that it is ethically and morally wrong for Facebook to have a god complex and feel justified in choosing what may be said publicly and what may not be said publicly. Yes Facebook is not a government insitution so they are free to enjoy thier liberties. Just as I am at liberty to delete my Facebook account and boycott anything owned by Mark Zuckerburg.

TipBledsoe, I did not misunderstand your post. I reacted to, and I quote, " With Facebook (maybe Fakebook is more accurate) ignoring the 1st amendment, " I was not "grandstanding" I was reacting to your post. Now, I see you seem to be angry with me for how I responded to YOUR words, that is your reaction to my words. I think your ire with me is misplaced, keep your anger focused on the multimillionaire who created Facebook and how he is manipulating millions around the worlds and creating misinformed masses.

 

[Axxe55]

Again I have to point out something. There is no 1st Amendment regulation of a private company. The 1st Amendment only prevents CONGRESS from , well read the language.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

What is pissing conservatives off about some of the social media like Facebook, is not the censoring of political opinions or such, or an infringement on their 1st Amendment rights, but that they only censor conservatives or like-minded opinions. If they were censoring liberal, or socialist, or Marxist or communist opinions and viewpoints, then no one would have any grounds to bitch about the censoring.

And I agree, it's a privately held company and they can infringe upon the 1st Amendment if they so choose to. That isn't the issue though. Problem is, you should either censor all of it, or none of it, but never just part.

 

[mroper]

I use facebook for groups and the marketplace the Feed is just a dumpster fire.

 

[TipBledsoe]

TipBledsoe, I did not misunderstand your post. I reacted to, and I quote, " With Facebook (maybe Fakebook is more accurate) ignoring the 1st amendment, " I was not "grandstanding" I was reacting to your post. Now, I see you seem to be angry with me for how I responded to YOUR words, that is your reaction to my words. I think your ire with me is misplaced, keep your anger focused on the multimillionaire who created Facebook and how he is manipulating millions around the worlds and creating misinformed masses.

No no no William. You reacted to only one sentence of my post; in effect taking it out of context. If you would have digested what my entire post said you would have known that I was not fixated on the the 1st amendment alone.
Perhaps Axxe55 said it a bit better by including the word "censoring."
Facebook is discriminating by censoring conservative expressed thoughts and opinions while freely allowing liberal views expressed. Facebook even strengthens liberal views through its use of algorithms that filters what we see on facebook and, more importantly, what we dont see... its easier to simply say that "Facebook is ignoring the 1st amendment" to get the thought communicated than to write all that out about discriminatory censoring etc.

 

[kbaxter60]

I'll say it again William, so you maybe understand. I'm not saying Facebook must by law abide by the first amendment. What I AM saying is that it is ethically and morally wrong for Facebook to have a god complex and feel justified in choosing what may be said publicly and what may not be said publicly. Yes Facebook is not a government insitution so they are free to enjoy thier liberties. Just as I am at liberty to delete my Facebook account and boycott anything owned by Mark Zuckerburg.

Brah-VO.
I would go you one further, though. They should NOT have government protections that treats them as not-a-publisher when they are daily and carefully scripting what anyone gets to see. They should bear the brunt of any and all repercussions, liability and responsibility for their actions that any other business is faced with.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

As one whose never been interested in the various sm entities, especially fb or twit, they're censoring crap has no affect in my world.

I've read posts where my lack of concern with regard to the various sm censorship is something I'm mandated to help correct, but I'm not one to tilt at windmills...

 

[justashooter]

Texas Gun Talk is an excellence platform!

 

[phoenix]

This forum is the closest thing I get to social media so no personal experience with any of this. Have you tried parler? I think its suppose to be some sort of alternative to facebook

Forums are the only place i have found you can "reasonably" speak you mind. I mean you cant even discuss the racial politics of the left on most places yet you even mention how our whole country could be like california in 30 years without action then put you in facebook jail